Lion

Shareholders

Foreign ownership · FYE Dec 2025
28.6%
Financial institutions
31.2%
Other corporations
10.9%
Individuals & others
25.9%
Ten largest, combined
40.8%
Shareholders
274,440
Ownership mix Government Financial institutions Securities firms Other corporations Foreign corporations Foreign individuals Individuals & others

Share of the company held by each class of owner, as filed each year (%). The seven classes add up to the whole company.

Ownership by holder class, every year on record (%), 2019–2025. Scroll sideways for earlier years.
Fiscal year Unit 2019 *1 FYE Dec 2020 *1 FYE Dec 2021 *1 FYE Dec 2022 *1 FYE Dec 2023 *1 FYE Dec 2024 *1 FYE Dec 2025 *1 FYE Dec
Government % ———0.0%———
Financial institutions % 40.1%41.4%34.9%33.6%34.5%30.5%31.2%
Securities firms % 0.7%1.3%3.3%4.4%2.4%2.4%3.4%
Other corporations % 17.2%15.5%14.6%13.9%13.4%11.3%10.9%
Foreign corporations % 23.2%23.2%22.7%22.0%18.8%27.5%28.6%
Foreign individuals % 0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Individuals & others % 18.9%18.6%24.4%26.1%30.8%28.3%25.9%
Shareholders holders 69,96178,987164,059198,809287,776284,922274,440
  • *1 Securities report (yuka shoken hokokusho) — status of shares by holder category, as filed
Foreign ownership Foreign holders, combined Foreign corporations Foreign individuals

How much of the company sits with holders outside Japan (%). Almost all of it is institutional: overseas individuals rarely hold Japanese stock directly.

Foreign holdings by fiscal year (%), with the year-on-year move in percentage points.
Fiscal year Unit 2019 *1 FYE Dec 2020 *1 FYE Dec 2021 *1 FYE Dec 2022 *1 FYE Dec 2023 *1 FYE Dec 2024 *1 FYE Dec 2025 *1 FYE Dec
Foreign holders, combined % 23.2%23.2%22.7%22.0%18.8%27.5%28.6%
Change pp —0.0pp-0.5pp-0.7pp-3.2pp+8.7pp+1.1pp
Foreign corporations % 23.2%23.2%22.7%22.0%18.8%27.5%28.6%
Foreign individuals % 0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Foreign corporate holders holders 499599573340337295347
  • *1 Securities report (yuka shoken hokokusho) — status of shares by holder category, as filed
Concentration Ten largest, combined Largest holder

How much of the company the ten largest shareholders hold between them (%). Japanese filings list trust banks and custodians under their own names, so a single line here often stands for many underlying investors.

Combined stake of the ten largest shareholders, and of the single largest, by fiscal year (%).
Fiscal year Unit 2016 *1 FYE Dec 2017 *1 FYE Dec 2018 *1 FYE Dec 2019 *1 FYE Dec 2020 *1 FYE Dec 2021 *1 FYE Dec 2022 *1 FYE Dec 2023 *1 FYE Dec 2024 *1 FYE Dec 2025 *1 FYE Dec
Ten largest, combined % 29.9%30.9%34.4%34.5%35.5%36.7%35.4%36.1%39.9%40.8%
Change pp —+1.0pp+3.5pp+0.1pp+1.0pp+1.2pp-1.3pp+0.7pp+3.8pp+0.9pp
Largest holder % 8.4%8.3%10.4%10.0%10.5%11.6%12.2%13.8%14.0%13.9%
  • *1 Securities report (yuka shoken hokokusho) — ten largest shareholders, as filed
Holders and shares by class

The counts behind the percentages: how many shareholders sit in each class, and how much stock they hold. Shares are in trading units (tan'i) as filed — one unit is usually 100 shares.

Shareholder counts and holdings by class, every year on record. Treasury stock and odd-lot holdings are excluded, so the classes may not sum exactly to the issued total.
Fiscal year Unit 2019 *1 FYE Dec 2020 *1 FYE Dec 2021 *1 FYE Dec 2022 *1 FYE Dec 2023 *1 FYE Dec 2024 *1 FYE Dec 2025 *1 FYE Dec
Government — holders holders ———1———
Financial institutions — holders holders 73755752554540
Securities firms — holders holders 36375844443739
Other corporations — holders holders 439508718769942900841
Foreign corporations — holders holders 499599573340337295347
Foreign individuals — holders holders 5869243321563532539
Individuals & others — holders holders 68,85677,699162,410197,282285,835283,113272,634
All holders holders 69,96178,987164,059198,809287,776284,922274,440
Government — shares units ———40———
Financial institutions — shares units 1,198,3781,237,5781,044,773982,0141,010,688867,209872,227
Securities firms — shares units 20,43939,84699,067128,33070,10566,65793,652
Other corporations — shares units 515,250463,523436,957407,930392,944322,512305,237
Foreign corporations — shares units 692,609692,633678,898642,819550,149781,046798,986
Foreign individuals — shares units 211219522651972828754
Individuals & others — shares units 562,099555,194728,570761,135897,544803,060723,769
All shares units 2,988,9862,988,9932,988,7872,922,9192,922,4022,841,3122,794,625
  • *1 Securities report (yuka shoken hokokusho) — status of shares by holder category, as filed
日本語版 — the named list of major shareholders → The ten largest holders are filed under their registered Japanese names — trust-bank omnibus accounts and transliterated custodian names that have no English equivalent — so they are not reproduced here. The Japanese edition carries the full name-by-name table, year by year.

Figures are the ownership breakdown as filed in each year's securities report, at that fiscal year's record date. Treasury stock and odd-lot holdings are excluded from the class percentages, so a company that holds much of its own stock will show classes summing to slightly under the whole.

Read the company history → Financial history → 日本語版（詳細）— full shareholder data in Japanese →

Disclaimer

  • This page is provided for general information only and is not investment advice, nor a recommendation to buy or sell any security.
  • Figures are compiled independently and include our own estimates, approximations and machine-processed data; we make no warranty as to their accuracy or completeness.
  • Sources are primarily each company's securities reports and other public filings, but errors and omissions may remain.
  • Ownership changes continuously; a filed breakdown describes one record date, not the position today.
  • Company names, logos and other marks belong to their respective owners.

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